Advances in Regulatory Mechanism of Flower Color and Odor in Horticultural Crops
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Horticultural and Floricultural Crops".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 86
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Flower colors and scents are the most interesting traits of horticultural crops, which provide important ornamental values and economic values. Color and scent are both complex, quantitative traits with rich genetic variation and high environmental plasticity. Though pigments, including anthocyanins, carotenoids, and flavonoids, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including terpenoids and phenylpropanoids, have been identified as key compounds in flower colors and scents, knowledge on their regulatory mechanism is insufficient.
Due to the complex metabolic pathways and diversified phenotypes of flower colors and scents, it is challenging to illustrate their regulation maps. In this respect, the regulation mechanisms of pigment combination patterns (e.g., polychromatic flower) and the biosynthesis or modification of VOCs are emerging as research hotspots. The regulation mechanisms may involve different aspects, including metabolism, genetics, development processes, and environmental responses. Hence, in the context of this Special Issue, comprehensive studies of multi-levels are preferred, including multi-omics, metabolic flux, genetic verification, and molecular interaction, to give new insights into the regulatory mechanism.
In this Special Issue, we aim to provide knowledge on the flower color and scent of horticultural crops involved in gene and metabolic regulation, developmental regulation, environmental regulation, or any aspect related to the regulation mechanism.
Dr. Jianwen Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- flower color
- flower scent
- horticultural crops
- regulatory mechanism
- secondary metabolite
- pigments
- volatile organic compounds
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